Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

[david]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jun 21, 2007, david@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > no, one of the rules for the network is that the software must be
> > certified,
>
> In this case you might have grounds to enforce this restriction of the
> network on the network controller itself, I suppose.

how would the network controller know if the software has been modified?

> Not that you should disable the network controller entirely (this
> would render the computer useless for many other purpose unrelated
> with blocking connections to your network).
>
> You could instead arrange for the network controller to send some
> signal that enables the network to recognize that the device is
> running certified software.

what sort of signal can the network controller send that couldn't be 
forged by the OS?

how would you do this where the device is a receiver on the netwoek (such 
as a satellite receiver)

David Lang
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